Game device.



J. F. STEPHAN.

GAME DEVIQE. APPLICATION FILED MAY II, 3916.

1,203,805. I 'Pamdm. 7,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- SILLUG'VII/AIOZ Jacob F Stephan,

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'JACOB STEPHAN', OF NEW YOIBK, N. Y.

. GAME QEVICE. Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatL-JAooB F. SrnPHAn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the'county" of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to game devices, and the ob ect thereof is to provide an improved device=of this class designed asan' imitation of the game of ten-pins and for use as a parlor game device 'or apparatus, and which* may be used inhomes, clubs, saloons, cafs and other places; a further object being'to.v

provide a game device or apparatus of the class specified which may be compactly fold-- e'd together and, inclos'ed in acasing which consists of separate parts adapted" when not fin-use .as a container for" the game device view of a bowling alley part of the appa ratus and showing parts thereof in a folded position; Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the separate parts of the alley en tirely folded and with part of the construction broken away, and indicating the container therefor, in dotted lines; Fig. 4 a partial section on theline of Fig. 1; Fig. 5

a section on the line '5'5 of Fig. 2; Fig. '6 a section on the line 6"-6 of Fig. 3 and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7 adetail view look ing in the direction 0 .the arrow 7 of Fig. 2 and on an enlarged s ale; Fig.18a section on the line 848 of Fig. 7 Fig.' 93. partial section on the line 99 of Fig. "8; Fig. 10 a side view of one part of the container casing which I employ with parts brokenawa y and in positionfor use as a supportfor thalley; .Figflla side view of the container complete; Fig. 12 adeta'ilsectional} view of the means for-joining the, separate partspof the container shown in Fig; 11 and Fig. 13

i Specification of Letters Patent.

.the front end thereof at b ,and the transthe alley-way ishinged-to said alley-way .at

. Patented Nov. 7, "1916.

' Application filed May 11, 1916..'Seria1 No. 90,749.

a' plan view of a detail of the construction" shown in Fig. 12 and on an enlarged seale gMvimprovement comprises what is known as a collapsiblealley ,device on' which such games as ten-p1ns,duck pins and other games maybe-played, and the object thereof as hereinbefo-re'stated is to provide an' imitation device of this class which may be compactly folded together and which, as a whole, is indicated at a in Fig. 1, in which figure the device or ap aratus is setup for use and tainer easing into which-the device'or. apparatus when folded togetherymay be-placed for package, shipment or other purpose, said.

container casing; being shown complete in Fig. 11 and the-separate shownin Fig.1.;

In the practice of myinvention I provide a centrahalley-way-b at the rear end of which'is the pin. and ballpit c and atthe front of which is an extension-d, the rear supported by t e separate parts of a con I i parts thereof being i i end of the alley-way terminating at 6 and verse line at b also formsthe-fouPline. At the opposite sides of the alley-way b are the usual grooves 6 and,.in the construction shown, these grooves cross the foul line b as shown at b The front end extension (1 of (Z? and is adapte d to fold up'over the. alleyway as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7- and as shown in fulllines 'in'Fig. 3. The

alley-way b is also provided with the usual side wall strips 0 which extend from the rear end ofthe alley-way at b? to the front end of the front extension cl of said alleyway, and the front end portionse of said strips are hinged to the central and rear end portions thereof at e and areadapted to fold backwardly onto and flush with the said central and rear end portions, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and said strips e-e are provided on the-outer. sides thereof, at e and 6 with the separate, parts of a ball-and socket attaching device, whereby the parts 6 are. secured to the parts e when in their folded position. The 'front end portions e of the strips 0 are also.- detachably connected at c with the" front end ofthe front extension d ,of-the alleywav b. The sidesof the alley way b and the front extensiondthereof are provided with grooves b and d respectively, and he "parts-e1 of the strips care provided;

with corresponding tongues 5"" which fit. in 1 said grooves when the parts are extended and set up for use, as shown in Fig. 1, and.

this forms a support for the front extension 7 d of the alley-way b.. At the. front end of the alley way I), and at the oppositesides thereof, are standards f "which 'vare'p'ivotefd to the inner sides ofthe parts e 'of .the side strips 6 as-shown at F in Figs. 8 and9, and

these parts constitute the guard of-the foul line in the playing of the game,

The pin'and ball pit 0 comprlses a bottom 1 c hinged to. the rear end of the alley-way b at 0 ,1hinged side boards of and a hinged rear'wall 0?. provided with a hinged top por-' tion of, and at the front of the pin and ball pit the wall strips 6 of the alley-way are provided with raised supplemental guard boards 9 .whi'chare hinged at g and adapt- :ed to fold outwardly, and the details of the pinand ball pit,.includi-ng the parts 9 are as follows. The side portions of the bottom are provided with strips 0" and 0 which arehinged to the-bottom at 0", and the strip 0 is wider than the strip 0 and said strips 0 and c are hinged to the corresponding sides '0 as shown at 0 The back '0 is composed of a rectangular frame it provided with a fibrous covering k which forms an air space it between the front andback walls'thereof, and this con- 5 struction forms a cushion back against which the ballsand pins strike, and said back is hinged to the rear end of'the bottom 0 as- 1 shown at k, and the back 0'? is hinged to the front portion of the. top' 0 as shown at h,

and as shown in Fig.4 of the drawing the back 0 is arranged at an angle to the bottom 0 and as the pins and balls strike the same, said pins or balls will be forced downwardly; The top 0 is detachably connected I with the sides 0 by suitable lock devices it,

one of which is shown in Fig. 5.

The supplemental guard boards 9 are provided with hook devices 9 which engage pins or other devices on-the parts 6', ahd said hook devices. serve to hold said supplemental guard boards in their vertical position, and the side members a of the pin and ball pit 0 are provided with'hook devices 71 which are adapted to engage pins 2' on the supplemental guard boards 9 and by means of said hooks e and pins 2' said pit is held in its operative position.

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From the position shown in Fig. 1, the

separate parts of the pin and ball pit 0 are folded together andonto the alley b in the i following a el ck devices I; are

operated to detach the top 0 from the side central web portionk forming on the opc", and said top and back (f are then folded inwardly as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 and as indicated in dotted line sin Fig. 4, after which one of the hook devices 2' is detached from the corresponding pin 5 and the side arts 0 to which said hook device iv is secured, is folded downwardly and-the hook g of the corresponding supplemental guard board 9 is detached from its pin, and said guard board 9 folded outwardly as indicated in Flg. 2, andsaid folded side 0 may then be folded beneath the bottom 0 as shown in Fig. 5. Theoth'er side 0 and supplemental guard board 9 will then be correspondingly detached and folded, and by reason of the size of the strip 0 said last named side 0 will fold over the first named side a, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6, after which the bottom 0 with the folded sides 0 thereunder is folded forwardly and onto the alley I b, on the hinges 0 as shownin Figs. 3 and 6, in which operation the back 0 again folds on the hinges h to bring said back in line with the bottom 0 and in front thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, in which figure it will also be seen that the bottom, back and top, fold between the side wall strips 6 and,

as shown in Fig. .6, said folded parts do not 'extend to any great extent above the top of said strips.

As'hereinbefore described, the front ex- (P and rests on thealley 6 between the strips e, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, in which operation the front end portions \6 of the strips 6 are folded backwardly on the hinges e I after the connection at 6 has been detached,

and are locked in their folded position, as hereinbefore described and as indicated in Fig. 3.

Myimproved apparatus in its folded position, as shown iii Fig. 3,-is compact and in the folding thereof 'it will be noted that the alley proper has not been broken up or interrupted by the folding it centrally thereof. Y

The alley in its folded position is placed in a suitable container 7' as shown in Fig. 11 which is preferably composed of separate and corresponding parts j and each of the separate parts j is composed of front and back members j hinged to ether at one end, at j, and the other ends 0 the top and bottom members j" are provided with beveled edges 3' and the separate parts 3' of the container 9' are adapted to serve as standnection with the opposite sides of each of the separate parts thereof, as shown at k in Fig. 10, said lock devices'la comprising a posite sides thereof channels 71: into which tension (1 is folded backwardly on the hinges 9 the corresponding end portions of the separate parts ,7' of the container j fit, and aid end portions are. preferably recessed .as shown at i to receive the web portion k of the lock devices, and the web portions of the lock devices are provided adjacent to one.

end thereof with oppositelydirected studs 10 which are adapted to enter corresponding recesses j in the corresponding ends of the separate parts 7' and by means of this construction the separate parts j are held against separation and the top members 7' of the separate parts i are locked. in con 1 nection with the bottom members thereof by hook devices m pivoted to the bottom memhere 9' and adaptedtoengage pins-m secured to the'top members j n- 1 i In practice, the separate parts of the container 9', or the bottom members'j?" thereof are placed on a floor or support and joined together by the lock devicesk as illustrated inFigs. 11 and 12, and the folded alley is then placed therein, after which ;the hinged top members 9''? are locked in connec-- tion with said-bottom members by means of thehook devices m as clearly shown in Fig. 11, and this forms a compact package which may be carried from point to point, or shipped from place to place.

The separate parts 7'? of the container 9' when'serving as standards are locked in proper position by means of arms a pivoted to the top or bottom member of said separate parts at n and detachably connected with a pin or similar device a in the opposite part thereof, .as clearly shown in Fig. 10.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

position. a 2. In a collapsible game device of. the class described, a main central portion having side .walls, said central portion beingprovided with hinged end-portions which are adapted to fold onto sald central portion, said'side walls havlng hinged end portions which are adapted to fold onto said walls and are detachably connected therewith, means in said hinged end walls adapted to enterthe corresponding. hinged-end portion of the main central. portion to support said end in its open or operatiye-posi tion, and means for locking said hinged side walls in connection with said hinged end portion.-- '3. In a collapsible game device. of the class described, a mainlcentral' portion provided with hinged end portions which are adapted to fold-onto said central portion, one of said hinged end portions being composed'of abottomjhinged to the end of the central portion, sides hinged to the bottom member, a back hinged to the rear end portion of the bottommemberand inclined for- 'wardly and provided with a hinged top x member, said side members being detachably connected with the rear endportion of the central member and the top member being bers.

described, a main central portion having side walls, saidcentral portion being provided with hinged end portions which are adapted to fold ontofsaid central portion, said sidewalls having hinged end portions which. are adapted to. fold onto said walls and are I detachably connected therewith, means in said hinged end walls adapted to enter the corresponding hinged end portion of the main central portion to support 4;. In a collapsible game device of the class ,detachably connected-with ,the side memsaid end-in its open or operative position means for loclging said hinged side walls in connection with said hinged end portion, and standards pivoted to the hinged side 'walls adjacent to the corresponding end of the central; portion .and provided with a flexible connection on which is mounted an alarm device. s

5. A collapsible game device having folding end portions and folding side portions,

and a container composed of a casing di'-.

vided transversely to form two separate similar parts each of which consists of sep-.

arate similar members hinged together at one end, and means forlocking the separate 1 parts of said casing together end to end,

and means for locking the separate members of each of said parts together.-

6. A collapsible game device of the class described, and a container therefor consisting of a casing divided transversely into separate similar parts, consisting of separatemembers hinged together. at their outer ends, and means forlocking the separate parts of the casing together, and means for locking the separate members of the separate parts of said casing together.

7. A collapsible gamedevice of the class described and a. container therefor consisting of a casing divided transversely into separate similar parts, consisting of separate members hinged together attheir outer ends, and means for locking the separate parts of the casing together, and means for locking the separate members of the separate parts of said casing together said sepas a supportj for the game device,

'8. In a collapsible game device of: the

class described, a continuous alley portion, end port1ons connected" therewith, one of said end portionscomprising a bottom, a

' back hinged to the bottom, a top hinged end portions connected therewith, one of said to the back and sides hinged to (the bottom anddetachably connected with thetop.

9. In a collapsible: game device of the class described, a-fcontinuous alley portion,

end portions comprising a bottom, -a back hinged tothe bottom, a top hinged to the back and sides hinged to the/bottom and detachably connected withthetop,and.the other end portion comprising a flat board which forms an extension of said alley portion; and means connected with said alley'portion and adapt ed to engage said last named end-portion for supporting "the same in 113s operatitre position.

10. In a collapsible game device of the' class described, a continuous alley portion, "..-end portions connected therewith, one of a said end portions comprising'afbottom, a

* forwardly inclined back hinged to the bottom, a top hinged-to theback and sides hinged to the .bottom 'and detachably connected withthe top, said back'and top being foldable'onto the bottom, the sides onto the bottom, and the parts thus folded being foldable onto'the alley portion;

11. In a collapsible, game device of the class described, a; continuous alley portion, end portions connected therewith, one of said end portions comprising a bottom, a forwardly inclinedback hinged to the bottom, a top hinged to the back and sides hinged to the bottom and detachablyconnected wit'h the top, said back and. top being foldable onto the bottom, the sides onto the bottom, and the parts thus folded. being fold-able onto the alley'portion', the other end portion comprising a'flat board which forms an extension of said alley portion and means. connected with said alley portion and adapted to engage s'aid last named end portion for supporting the same in its. operative position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing "1 as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the s bscribing witnesses this 10th day of'll/Iay .16. I

j JACOB 1H.- STEPHAN.

fWitnesses:

' C. MULREANY,

H. E. T o rsoN. 

